George Orwell Post, Mick Bodenheimer

George Orwell argues that the true English Anglo Saxon language is diminishing because of its misuse. He says that our use of language in modern writing only creates “slovenliness and vagueness.” I agree with Mr. Orwell completely because it follows what I have mentioned a few times in my papers and what I have been trained to do as a writer. The simple word is always the better word. That is my opinion and I believe George Orwell would agree with that. I have seen it with classmates and even with myself sometimes that we try to pretty up our prose with fancy words that make it seem like we are true academic writers when in fact all we do is make our meaning blurred and harder to understand. I had no idea what the author in that first passage was trying to say. I read it out loud to myself a few times and still couldn’t comprehend it. Yet, we all write like that sometimes. Its what we are used to seeing. The four questions Orwell presents on page four are, in my opinion, perfect for any writer who is writing to a broad audience. Nobody wants to listen to someone rant about something that they can’t understand. Its boring and most often puts me to sleep to be honest. But something relevant and something that is creative is always more catching to the mind. To search for the right word is a quest that every true writer should be excited to venture out upon. You are aiming to create something of pure originality, not to spit up some retro metaphor or phrase that sure helps you get across your point, but then lacks being your own example. There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, but I feel like George Orwell could get his meaning across in a hundred.